The Best Thing You’ve Never Tried: Microwaved Rice Cakes with Soy Sauce and Cheese

Friday, April 13, 2012

Alright, I’m probably about to make you never visit this place again seeking healthy recipes, but I’ll risk it since this is probably my best creation ever (sad). I made this recipe up in high school as an after-school snack. I thought this would be the perfect follow-up after telling you about my soy sauce and cereal craving. All I can say is, don’t knock it ’til you try it!

Microwave on high for approximately 30-40 seconds. I like some of the cheese to get kind of bubbly. Finally, add the cilantro. Enjoy it with fruit or a sour type of drink like 100% cranberry juice (I’m making this sound worse, aren’t I?)

Yes, I realize this is not a healthy recipe. Soy sauce is obviously high in sodium and microwaves are sort of frowned upon by the healthy crowd, but I think it’s good to occasionally indulge in your food fantasies; this is oddly one of mine.

Oh yeah, I dug up an old picture of me eating soy sauce on my cereal during our camper-van journey across New Zealand. Great picture of me, isn’t it? yeah…

You didn't fall for my fancy pictures then, did you? Darn. Don't worry, virtually everyone has told me they think I'm crazy for making this, but when I make it in their presence they keep asking me for a bite! Maybe I'll convince you yet…

Actually soy sauce on a rice cake doesnt sound that terrible…now on a sweet cereal…youve lost me there haha! I like to mix weird combinations as well…I love putting veggie tomato sauce on mashed potatoes…..LOVE IT! I acutally usually just mix everything on my plate…grosses my husband out lol…

We have Marmite rice cakes here and they're yummy, so I'm trying it, I am.

Devon DeMint is a mother, writer and surfer living in a funky beach town in northern San Diego with her husband and two daughters. When she is not busy with the above, she can be found Googling 'what do your insides look like at 9 months pregnant?' and 'is quiche actually healthy?'. She loves sweet wine, making up words for body parts and sleeping outside. She has neat closets and messy kitchen floors. [Read more...]